Fallout 4

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  1. 2000mudkip
    Oct 12, 2016
    6
    It's a good shooter, but a bad RPG. Dialogue system? Oversimplified. Music? Not as good as New Vegas. Weapons.....Okay those are good..... the Graphics are okay....BUT THEY MESSED THE ONE PERFECT THING UP ABOUT THE FALLOUT GAMES.....THE STORY! IT'S LIKE FALLOUT 3 BUT CRAPPIER! But at least the game is sitll a little fun.
  2. huudis
    Mar 13, 2017
    6
    This game is overall very good, but ps4 version is nothing like the PC version. PS4 frame rate issues are serious and it's sometimes nearly unplayable. But I hope PS4 PRO can fix game with boost mode. :)
  3. notatopcritic
    Jan 10, 2017
    6
    (sorry for my English).This game is not an RPG,this game is CoD in the open world.All that remains of the RPG Fallout 4 is pumping casual and dialogues (dumb dialogues) with choice questions, which are almost no influence on the development of the plot and / or the relationship with the characters. I understand that Fallout 4-action- RPG, and do not ask this game such a high level RPG(sorry for my English).This game is not an RPG,this game is CoD in the open world.All that remains of the RPG Fallout 4 is pumping casual and dialogues (dumb dialogues) with choice questions, which are almost no influence on the development of the plot and / or the relationship with the characters. I understand that Fallout 4-action- RPG, and do not ask this game such a high level RPG component in The Elder Scrolls games, Dragon Age: Origins, Witcher, but still the game is positioned as an RPG in an open world with elements of action, and I already mentioned above, all that is left of the RPG in Fallout 4 is pumping and casual conversations with options otvetov.Total: an RPG, this game s**ks on all fronts, as a shooter, do not believe it, too (shooting worse than ever), even Fallout 4 as a single game is very disappointing for me at least, and if we compare it with the earlier parts of the series, you are doubly disappointed.P.S.The plot in this game, you will also probably not be remembered, side quests even though sometimes there are varied, but for the most part side quests are similar and you will perform the typical tasks of the type that you have to steal something, someone beat or something like this.The only thing in this game is made at the highest level, it's the atmosphere, whereby a pleasant stay in the world of Fallout 4, but it pales against the backdrop of all the other downsides of this game.… Expand
  4. angraholyland
    Nov 15, 2017
    6
    I am very disappointed: the lack of consistency in the storyline make me think if Bethesda studios made purposely a stupid campaign just for the newcomers in the genre.
  5. ElleryHQ
    Jan 26, 2019
    6
    Тот-же третий фолыч завернутый в обновленную графику. Скучно, неинтересно. Беседке бы в пору собраться и выпустить что-то оригинальное.
  6. grete
    Apr 4, 2017
    6
    I have seen hardcore Fallout fans waiting for this game for 7 years and only managed to play a couple of days before they got bored. The game does absolutely not live up to its hype and I found it to be quite disappointing. The game can still be fun at times, but that's pretty much all there is to it.

    I went into this expecting the immersive, deep and massive RPG that Fallout used to    I have seen hardcore Fallout fans waiting for this game for 7 years and only managed to play a couple of days before they got bored. The game does absolutely not live up to its hype and I found it to be quite disappointing. The game can still be fun at times, but that's pretty much all there is to it.

    I went into this expecting the immersive, deep and massive RPG that Fallout used to be, and what I got was a FPS with a few similar dialogue options. To even call it options is a stretch. I don't think I have come across a dialogue option that really changed much, except a few quests and romance. No matter what you say or do it essentially boils down to the same answer and result anyway: "sure I'll fix it for you".

    The beginning of the game was great. It had potential. The story was interesting, the acting (at least the male voice in my opinion) was really good and I was looking forward to delving into hours of exploring. However it didn't take long until I forgot about the main story entirely. Not because it wasn't interesting or a good concept, but the game sort of pulled you in other directions instead. I don't know if this is a good thing or not because, yes, there were a lot of things to do, but at the same time one would expect losing your son would take priority. I guess the problem is the back story in general. It would work in another game, but in a game such as Fallout where you're supposed to be whoever you want I felt like the game was deciding who I wanted to be instead of me.

    I also have a few issues with the ending. Without spoiling anything I'm just going to say that it was a disappointing outcome. I've played every ending and I was disappointed every time. It felt unfinished and lazy, and even though many people complain about there not being an option to be a bad guy in this game I felt like a piece of **** no matter what ending I chose.

    So I guess what I'm saying is if you're expecting Fallout 3 or New Vegas with better graphics you're going to be severely disappointed. The game feels dumbed down and shallow. I recommend playing this as casual as you can and just focus on the fun part of it which is weird and sometimes fun characters, guns, the sarcastic dialogue option and Easter eggs. Focusing on the story, the characters, the relationship and the main character itself, like I've done with the past games, got me nowhere. The dialogue options may as well not even be there.

    However I will add that a certain robotic detective and a certain ghoul mayor was indeed one of the best parts of the game. The settlement building tool is a bit clunky to be honest, it could be fun at times, but I'd rather stick with The Sims if I want to build houses. Dogmeat was cute. The power Armor was kinda cool. There were a few glitches, even some game breaking ones that prevented me from progressing the game. The graphics are pretty good, but the animations can be a bit wonky at times.

    It's not a bad game, just a bad RPG.    … Expand
  7. NZAnimeManga
    Apr 16, 2017
    6
    Right, now this is coming from someone who is a die-hard Fallout fan, and as someone who has spent well over 300 hours in Fallout 4: it's good, it's just not great. Unfortunately Fallout 4 has not toppled New Vegas as my favourite Fallout game.

    Pros: + Finally, the gunplay is up to scratch in a Fallout game. + Looks AMAZING (for a Fallout game, at least...). + Rich wasteland that    Right, now this is coming from someone who is a die-hard Fallout fan, and as someone who has spent well over 300 hours in Fallout 4: it's good, it's just not great. Unfortunately Fallout 4 has not toppled New Vegas as my favourite Fallout game.

    Pros:
    + Finally, the gunplay is up to scratch in a Fallout game.
    + Looks AMAZING (for a Fallout game, at least...).
    + Rich wasteland that isn't completely brown (F: NV) or green/grey (F3).
    + On the surface, there's a wide variety of interesting side-quests (few genuinely fantastic ones though).
    + Good crafting mechanics (weapons and armour).
    + It's more Fallout, and most importantly - it, for the most part, FEELS like a Fallout game.

    Cons:
    - Terrible story, full of plot holes. It irritates the hell out of me that player choice is so limited in the story
    - God awful DLC: I'm never buying a season pass again. Only 2 "story" DLCs?! 1 of which was awful (Nuka-World). Seriously, DO NOT BUY THE DLC - even "Far Harbor", is pretty flawed
    - I don't buy a Fallout game to get a settlement builder/simulator.
    - Lack of different ammo types and craftable ammo like in New Vegas.
    - Invincible NPCs (leads, again, to a lack of player choice).
    - Graphics, compared to any other game released at around the same time (see The Witcher 3), are poor.
    - Bugs and crashes up the wazoo (typical Bethesda - SAD).
    - Even though the gunplay is "good" for a fallout game, it is still lacking when compared to other first person shooters (or even other 3rd person shooters).
    - Voiced character completely kills role-playing, as does the limited (and often IDENTICAL) dialogue options. Often they lack any consequential results from any of your "choices".
    - Irritating companions. Especially **** PRESTON.

    TL;DR - feels like a cash grab. Good, not great, and I'm annoyed at myself for spending so much time in it.    … Expand
  8. SPLINTERBORN
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    Bethesda's best gameplay to date. thats the best thing i can say for fallout 4.
    The world is somehow less interesting and engaging than the all grey world of fallout 3.
    The Narrative is as bad as it gets but neither oblivion, skyrim or fallout 3 tell great stories sdso its as you would expect. side missions are pretty much the same, there are some nice areas and secrets scattered around    Bethesda's best gameplay to date. thats the best thing i can say for fallout 4.
    The world is somehow less interesting and engaging than the all grey world of fallout 3.
    The Narrative is as bad as it gets but neither oblivion, skyrim or fallout 3 tell great stories sdso its as you would expect. side missions are pretty much the same, there are some nice areas and secrets scattered around but apart from the few intriguing segments the many drab and tedius ones ultimately overshadow the rest.
    review unfinished.    … Expand
  9. MarsCorialanus
    Nov 11, 2017
    6
    Over all, the gameplay is pretty good. Its nothing too special but its decent. The story is somewhat compelling, but the world doesn't have the humour of past iterations. What really made me stop playing this game was the town building and the minutemen stuff. I found it incredibly distracting and annoying and the game kind of forces the mechanic on you. In the end, it just had no funOver all, the gameplay is pretty good. Its nothing too special but its decent. The story is somewhat compelling, but the world doesn't have the humour of past iterations. What really made me stop playing this game was the town building and the minutemen stuff. I found it incredibly distracting and annoying and the game kind of forces the mechanic on you. In the end, it just had no fun factor for me, that aspect, and tainted the rest of the experience. If that doesn't break the experience for you, then its an alright grind fest.… Expand
  10. slavigrad
    Sep 18, 2018
    6
    Great open world but with loading screens. The story is fine, but the dialogs are week.
    Fallout 1, 2 had great and funny dialogs, Fallout 4 did not.
    Good side quests, but also much of them are repetitive. The graphics, game mechanics and loading screens are weak. The building of your communities is good. What I really liked was the gun and armor customization, character creation and    Great open world but with loading screens. The story is fine, but the dialogs are week.
    Fallout 1, 2 had great and funny dialogs, Fallout 4 did not.

    Good side quests, but also much of them are repetitive. The graphics, game mechanics and loading screens are weak. The building of your communities is good.

    What I really liked was the gun and armor customization, character creation and the atmosphere of the post-apocalyptic world. I was mainly creating my own story - I was collecting all the guns, armors, building communities and discovered every place in the Boston.

    + big funny open world, gun and armor customization, discovery of Boston
    - loading screens, dialogs, graphics, game mechanics    … Expand
  11. sprkl714
    Nov 7, 2017
    6
    This game is cool, but only on Hardcore mode. True Fallout experience. Masterpiece. 7.8/10.But don't play this on Normal difficulty, it's totally ruined piece of crap.
    Hardcore mode - 7.8 out of 10
    Easy/Normal/Hard/Very Hard - 5.6 out of 10.
  12. TheSnitchfather
    Sep 19, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 6/10
    RPG elements of the previous games are barely present...if not present at all. They kind of watered it down for people who are new to Fallout so they can broaden their audience, which I get but it kinda ruined it a bit, though not too much. The talking protagonist is actually something I was positively surprised by. Story was interesting enough, although a bit stupid if you ask me. Most of it made sense but you exit the vault looking for your son and you go this long ass way just to find out that it was 60 years ago when they first snatched him, meanwhile you're too busy going around gathering sh*t like adhesive screws and other materials. Other than that no complaints about the story.
    Character creation system definitely WAY better than 3 and NV.....way better. The game lacks a serious arsenal of weapons. I don't want to shoot some damn pipe pistols for a 3rd of the game, it's tiring. The new design of old creatures like Mirelurks, Deathclaws or even Super Mutants are also a step up from the last ones. Alien Blaster is THE weakest thing ever, doesn't matter if you upgrade your character to the max, it will always stay/be weak. Side quest for the Minutemen were boring as f*ck and pretty much just annoying to the point where you don't want to talk to Preston Garvey, turn on Radio Freedom or go anywhere near The Castle anymore. About half of the DLCs were decent like Nuka World, Far Harbor and the Wasteland Workshop, the rest was just half assed to be fully honest.....matter of fact the whole game was kinda half assed if you ask me, but it was still worth the money and I played the absolute sh*t out of it, can't wait for Fallout 76, though the online only option leaves me very skeptical.    … Expand
  13. JPL1936
    Jan 20, 2018
    6
    A dumbed down fallout 3 with less story, fewer choices, fewer interesting characters, and more bugs. Some missions shine through, like the one where you help repair a Chinese submarine, but most are basically go to to place, shoot some people, and grab their stuff. If you are looking for a detailed story with interesting characters and branching story lines, you're better of downloading mods.
  14. quarma
    Feb 2, 2018
    6
    I think one word can really describe this game: Forgettable.

    While there are a few quests that have something interesting going on, almost all of them boil down to "kill this" or "get this item for me". The first few hours are a lot of fun, the gun-play mechanics seem responsive but after clearing out area after area of ghouls/raiders/gunners it begins to feel extremely repetitive. I    I think one word can really describe this game: Forgettable.

    While there are a few quests that have something interesting going on, almost all of them boil down to "kill this" or "get this item for me". The first few hours are a lot of fun, the gun-play mechanics seem responsive but after clearing out area after area of ghouls/raiders/gunners it begins to feel extremely repetitive. I found myself wandering the wastes many times hoping to find something new to do only to be met with the same stuff I have been doing, killing and fetching.

    As an RPG series, it lacks pretty much everything that makes an RPG good. Right from the get-go you are stuck attending to your kidnapped child, and because of the voice acting for the player character it's obvious they care a lot about it. What if I don't? What if I want to go become the most evil person ever? These are things the Fallout series is known for, conveniently missing to help pander this game to an even bigger audience.

    Of course there are bugs, but some of them made me just feel like the developers didn't care enough to check their product. Many of them relate to major functions of the game, why waste the time programming something that doesn't work? Everyone knows these games have a lot of mods for them, I'm beginning to suspect that they figured it would be cheaper to let modders fix the game for them. This is where I would recommend the PC version if you have to play, they have the console commands to fix almost every problem I met and better mod support.

    All in all, a lot to see with nothing to do.    … Expand
  15. FrostyFeet97
    Jul 27, 2018
    6
    Im pretty disappointed with this game TBH. I enjoyed Fallout 3 but this game is not for everyone. Building is Meh. Overall I have nothing more to write Im disappointed.
  16. Kire_92
    Mar 15, 2018
    6
    A very forgettable game and the worst fallout game so far. It got its good moments but the developers have taken the game in the wrong direction in a lot of instances. Overall I got mixed feeling about the game.

    My main problem is that the game is much less like an RPG compared to other fallout games and that the voiced dialogue system gives you very few options to make the character    A very forgettable game and the worst fallout game so far. It got its good moments but the developers have taken the game in the wrong direction in a lot of instances. Overall I got mixed feeling about the game.

    My main problem is that the game is much less like an RPG compared to other fallout games and that the voiced dialogue system gives you very few options to make the character feel like your own. And the world feels rather small and does not contain many exciting sites. On the other hand it got a lot more interesting characters than previous titles and the combat is better than ever.

    It got a lot of content and you get a lot of enjoyment for your money. But at the same time it’s rather disappointing in many areas and it feels like a step back in a lot of ways compared to other fallout games. So in the end we get an open world shooter with a fallout exterior but lacking the true soul of a fallout game.    … Expand
  17. Henriquez94
    Jul 15, 2018
    6
    Oficialmente fue mi primer fallout, iniciado y terminado por completo (Todo el modo historia y sus finales) , habia jugado anteriormente el fallout 3, pero no logre terminarlo. me han dicho que fallout new vegas es el mejor.
    Fallout 4, graficamente, muy pobre, un mundo abierto con una cantidad de bugs increible, lastima.. un vasto mapa, pero muchos bugs 4/10 (Ya es hora de cambiar el    Oficialmente fue mi primer fallout, iniciado y terminado por completo (Todo el modo historia y sus finales) , habia jugado anteriormente el fallout 3, pero no logre terminarlo. me han dicho que fallout new vegas es el mejor.
    Fallout 4, graficamente, muy pobre, un mundo abierto con una cantidad de bugs increible, lastima.. un vasto mapa, pero muchos bugs 4/10 (Ya es hora de cambiar el motor grafico)
    Narrativa o historia: Entretenido, hay misiones que son muy buenas, te enfrentas a bestias enormes y tu decides la forma de eliminarlos con o sin sivor armadura, me esperaba un poco mas sobre la trama de la historia, las decidiones que tomas afectan hasta cierto punto, pero no son cambios tan raidcales, el modo construccion es muy bueno, aunque lamentablemente no disfrute en plenitud, ya que en consola no pude cargar ningun mod, eran de pago ;(
    La banda sonora es increible, poder disfrutar de la radio mientras haces y planeas tus misiones. es lo mas detacable para mi.
    Recomiendo jugarlo en PC, ya que hay una diferencia notoria graficamente y podras disfrutar con los mods que quieras.
    Saludos.    … Expand
  18. BlitZeR_95
    Apr 28, 2018
    6
    I was very hyped for this game but in the end it was a major disappointment. This game is very very repetitive and it's no fun doing the same thing over and over again. I wasn't able to complete the game because of just how repetitive it is.
  19. StudMuffinOP
    Oct 21, 2019
    6
    Comparing to Fallout 3, this game is decent for what it is. Felt like there wasnt really that much to do compared to 3 and I've sunk tons of hours in 3. Enjoyed the building but really without mods it was extremely difficult to build what you wanted to do. Plus being a trophy hunter with no mods was really hard to get into. Having to restart loads multiple times also from how glitchy theComparing to Fallout 3, this game is decent for what it is. Felt like there wasnt really that much to do compared to 3 and I've sunk tons of hours in 3. Enjoyed the building but really without mods it was extremely difficult to build what you wanted to do. Plus being a trophy hunter with no mods was really hard to get into. Having to restart loads multiple times also from how glitchy the game was too really brought the score down for me and felt the customization lacked alot on what your skills could do and the karma that was gained from doing it. Worth a playthrough though if the game is on sale for half off or more though.… Expand
  20. Wolfenstein11
    Dec 24, 2019
    6
    fallout 4 was a down for me although i spent 60+ hours on it and actually enjoying too, but the thing is the game strikes you with outdated graphics and horrible 3rd person shooting mechanics and a meh story , although if u r looking for having fun well ! u will find it in the mod afforded by players and the building system .
    well i wish that the game goes back to its rpg roots in the next sequel
  21. NXT
    Jul 8, 2019
    6
    Word to discribe the game: If.
    I bought a PS4 recently to play every game that ive missed for the last generation.
    I Started with Fallout 4 because i loved Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I gave a 6 for this game because Fallout 4 is just a terrible "remaster" of Fallout 3, so if you have played and loved FO3, you should find this one a disapointement. But, i have to give the benefit of the    Word to discribe the game: If.
    I bought a PS4 recently to play every game that ive missed for the last generation.
    I Started with Fallout 4 because i loved Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
    I gave a 6 for this game because Fallout 4 is just a terrible "remaster" of Fallout 3, so if you have played and loved FO3, you should find this one a disapointement.
    But, i have to give the benefit of the doubt for someone who is new to the series, so it could not be a disapointement for them.
    In spite of the fact that the game has aged horribly, with the recent price drop you should try and play, but please start with low expectations and you might be satisfied with the experience.
    Best regards, from Portugal.    … Expand
  22. Barbara_Barus
    Aug 20, 2019
    6
    This game really disappointed me, it has a bad and boring story, and I didn’t like the gameplay much
  23. Bader123
    Sep 10, 2019
    6
    The exploration is fun but the combat could feel tedious and boring sometimes
  24. Lonitx
    Dec 2, 2019
    6
    it's a shame about the microtransaction store, paid mods... because otherwise this would be a solid game
  25. ArgnerosPS4
    Dec 29, 2019
    6
    I really enjoyed this game, the main plot is very interesting and the major of characters/followers are fun to interact with, the combat is ok, its not like any common shooter game, but is the best combat in the fallout series so far. But, i need to say that i got very disapointed, because in the endgame, there is very few content when 2e campare it to other fallout/elder scrolls games,I really enjoyed this game, the main plot is very interesting and the major of characters/followers are fun to interact with, the combat is ok, its not like any common shooter game, but is the best combat in the fallout series so far. But, i need to say that i got very disapointed, because in the endgame, there is very few content when 2e campare it to other fallout/elder scrolls games, there are no side questlines like dark brotherhood storyline in skyrim for instance, there is only one faction that have its own storyline and that is not part of the main plot. The explorstion is also not so great, because is not like sjyrim where you enter a new area and a quests starts. I needed to search on google where to find more quests because i couldnt find myself in the game. I wanted to max all characters relationships, but there is so few endgame content thatthere were no wuests to level their relationship anymore.… Expand
  26. Scottynunn
    Jun 30, 2021
    6
    Let me just say that I do love this game, I love the characters, the side quests, the building aspects, finding communities, the stories, the enemies and all things fallout 4...except for 1 HUGE Thing and despite the fact that Fallout 4 is nearly 6 years old there's still one problem with this game

    WALKING DOWNTOWN BOSTON THE GAME IS UNPLAYABLE. I have experienced sooo many crashes with    Let me just say that I do love this game, I love the characters, the side quests, the building aspects, finding communities, the stories, the enemies and all things fallout 4...except for 1 HUGE Thing and despite the fact that Fallout 4 is nearly 6 years old there's still one problem with this game

    WALKING DOWNTOWN BOSTON THE GAME IS UNPLAYABLE. I have experienced sooo many crashes with this game either with Mods or without and everytime its always when your walking downtown Boston. Honestly couldn't Bethesda at least try and patch this issue? I mean okay your bringing out new content with the Creation Club but your not patching the game and there's alot of places and battles in Boston Area and it still has problems.

    Sadly I doubt will ever get a patch for the ps4 since Bethesda got bought out by Microsoft, but man this could have been a great game if they would have just spent a little more time with it    … Expand
  27. Cries_Buck1187
    Sep 12, 2020
    6
    The Fallout series was famous for interesting quests, dialogues, locations and the number of ways to resolve the conflict, but not by shooting and construction. Maybe the game itself is not bad (rather digestible), but it still has a lot of problems that greatly spoil the experience, even without looking back at the past parts. I would put 6.5,
    but I can bet either 6 or 7 and bet 6    The Fallout series was famous for interesting quests, dialogues, locations and the number of ways to resolve the conflict, but not by shooting and construction. Maybe the game itself is not bad (rather digestible), but it still has a lot of problems that greatly spoil the experience, even without looking back at the past parts. I would put 6.5,
    but I can bet either 6 or 7 and bet 6 because as a fan I'm disappointed.
    But I want to say that the players have done a great job. There are many modifications on the Internet that fix the errors of the original game. It is even possible to find modifications for interesting missions, since the missions in the original are very boring and monotonous in the "go and fetch" style. For Fallout 4 with mods, this game would get 8/10 from me.    … Expand
  28. PatMc1896
    Aug 1, 2020
    6
    Had good enough fun playing it for a while however the fact there is not much meaningful choices throughout the game bar at the end is frustrating. Far harbour dlc was interesting however the other ones I felt weren’t particularly great and can’t remember many things from them .
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    Nov 13, 2021
    6
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  30. Maxgames12
    Jan 8, 2021
    6
    El juego es bueno y largo pero los bugs que hay son bastante incomodos y la dificultad mas alta es sencilla
  31. anbl
    Mar 29, 2023
    6
    difficult game to analyze with interesting world but a disastrous combat system
  32. CaryElves
    Oct 16, 2022
    6
    Why Bethesda, why? What could have been a great adventure is pulled down by stupid mechanic of base building, that dont make sence and it works and look terrible. Why you spend time on this **** mechanic instead of properly testing the game.
  33. JesseDillinger
    Feb 1, 2023
    6
    Compared to 3 and New Vegas, I just think this one is much weaker. Not a bad game, just meh. It's not even nostalgia or bias talking, I just think the setting and characters of 3 and New Vegas are just much more memorable and interesting. Who tf cares about Preston Garvey.
  34. PaidMonkey
    Jun 3, 2023
    6
    Feels like a game that doesn't know what it wants to be,
    a great settlement and building simulator, a first-person shooter, interactive open world, but not that well put together and boring.
  35. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    6
    Superior gunplay to prior entries but inferior writing. Response wheel is a downgrade, crafting is way too annoying and involved, central quest is interesting but everything around it feels poorly though-out. Drops a lot of what makes other Fallout games successful in favor of other choices, with mixed results. Still has it's moments though (rad sea).
  36. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    6
    Bethesda continues to show that they can not keep up with modern times. My first fallout game and I remember how much I loved it, Then I realized other games existed in the series .
  37. majesty_x
    Jul 31, 2023
    6
    Graphics: 5/10; Storyline: 6/10; Gameplay: 7/10; Atmosphere: 6/10; Music: 6/10; Summary rating: 6/10
  38. Lollllkkj
    Sep 2, 2023
    6
    ho provato proprio ora fallout 4 e, essendo un grande ammiratore della casa produttrice, mi sono ritrovato un gioco che non mi ha saputo coinvolgere al meglio, anche se come idea di trama "originale" mi intrigava molto. Sono rimasto un po deluso da questo fallout
  39. Kimomarudotcom
    Jan 1, 2016
    5
    I've reach level 7 and I'm having a hard time continuing, I just don't understand the game's appeal. The atmosphere is dreary (I know, it's an amegeddon theme), there's just not much payoff for the effort. It's a LOT OF EFFORT just to level up or find weapons and armor. Short on fun, but the good news is that if you like load screens you're in for a treat. I guess if you enjoyedI've reach level 7 and I'm having a hard time continuing, I just don't understand the game's appeal. The atmosphere is dreary (I know, it's an amegeddon theme), there's just not much payoff for the effort. It's a LOT OF EFFORT just to level up or find weapons and armor. Short on fun, but the good news is that if you like load screens you're in for a treat. I guess if you enjoyed Fallout 3, this game's your kind of thing. If not, try it at a friend's house first.… Expand
  40. Lawgun
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    I have played this game already when it was called Fallout 3 in 2007 and even then it was outdated product. Bethesda is totally inadequate and just changed graphics for a little and added Inappropriate features. To all blind fans - you were cheated once again and just wait for MMO as a next Fallout game.
  41. theTRUTHson
    Jan 2, 2016
    5
    First game this generation that I took back to the store the next day. It's not a bad game, but it's nowhere near the hype that surrounded it, nowhere near top 5 games of the year (not even top 20). Bad, bad gun play, bad inventory system, painful graphics, nothing special about the story either. Very slow gameplay. Nothing new, it's all been done before.I would only recommend this toFirst game this generation that I took back to the store the next day. It's not a bad game, but it's nowhere near the hype that surrounded it, nowhere near top 5 games of the year (not even top 20). Bad, bad gun play, bad inventory system, painful graphics, nothing special about the story either. Very slow gameplay. Nothing new, it's all been done before.I would only recommend this to people who really like exploring. Everything else is mediocre at best.
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  42. GlennLimos
    Dec 17, 2018
    5
    I just started a new playthrough of Fallout 4, it really isn't good,is it? I cleared it on release and liked it. To warm up to FO 76, which I did not, and will not buy basically because it's even more watered out than FO4, I cleared FO3 and NV. I gave up on FO4 after about 10 hours, the pacing, skill, dialogue and quest trees are just bad and felt reduced so shortly after FO3 and NV. II just started a new playthrough of Fallout 4, it really isn't good,is it? I cleared it on release and liked it. To warm up to FO 76, which I did not, and will not buy basically because it's even more watered out than FO4, I cleared FO3 and NV. I gave up on FO4 after about 10 hours, the pacing, skill, dialogue and quest trees are just bad and felt reduced so shortly after FO3 and NV. I seriously miss the skill checks in dialogue, and therefor the skill points system. I miss more dialogue options and quest branching. The building mechanics are just horribly boring and tedious. And hearing about 76, I think it would be close to the worst thing I could have played. I do hope they inject a little more RPG into their games again.… Expand
  43. Lordgrey
    Dec 2, 2015
    5
    At first this is not bad fallout, this is completely not fallout. Why they not call him "skyrim with guns"? here less from fallout than was in previsios third part of the game and here have no nothing from RPG. Shiny, fun, action, stupid but addictive. And expensive. If you like action, it can be not so bad.
  44. Kladfizk
    Nov 16, 2015
    5
    It's a Bethesda Softworks so it's full of bugs as expected.
    When it comes to the fallout experience i think it's sub par to New Vegas dialog options are streamlined and your S.P.E.C.I.A.L doesn't matter so much any more sens you can lvl them up each time you lvl.
    Story seams good tho and the new graphics style is refreshing so for a new player to the fallout series this game might be    It's a Bethesda Softworks so it's full of bugs as expected.
    When it comes to the fallout experience i think it's sub par to New Vegas dialog options are streamlined and your S.P.E.C.I.A.L doesn't matter so much any more sens you can lvl them up each time you lvl.

    Story seams good tho and the new graphics style is refreshing so for a new player to the fallout series this game might be good but if you played some of the older games this will probably be a bad experience.

    TL;DR
    Good for new players to the Fallout series
    Bad for old players to the Fallout series

    5/10 it's an OK steam sale game but nothing more than that    … Expand
  45. Remall69
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    What a big letdown! Bethesda promised FALLOUT and RPG so I quickly went out of my way to freaking buy this game. What I got is FARCRY+BORDERLANDS!!!

    This is not an RPG but an open world FPS! Gone are the brilliant sidequests in NV where you can finish a quest numerous ways and you can even be an evil bastard. Instead you get a quest, kill X amount, and go back to npc and be the good guy    What a big letdown! Bethesda promised FALLOUT and RPG so I quickly went out of my way to freaking buy this game. What I got is FARCRY+BORDERLANDS!!!

    This is not an RPG but an open world FPS! Gone are the brilliant sidequests in NV where you can finish a quest numerous ways and you can even be an evil bastard. Instead you get a quest, kill X amount, and go back to npc and be the good guy everyone wants you to be. Bethesda what the hell happened?

    Granted, a lot of gameplay has been polished but the RPG elements really took a step back. This game is great without the Fallout name but what I wanted is Fallout not FarcryLands!    … Expand
  46. jrobpaq
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel cheated. Faction I chose ultimately didn't matter in in the end, and I was surprised when it ended so abruptly. Feels like more Fallout 3. If that's what you're looking for, great, if not, however... If you're a die hard Fallout fan, able to squeeze out every ounce of entertainment out of the games, then you're probably going to be satisfied. If you're looking for a deeper RPG, maybe look somewhere else, or at least wait for the price drop. Surprisingly shallow.… Expand
  47. guiiimkt
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    This game feels like it's 4 years old already. Both in terms of graphics and mechanics. It is an inconsistent mess and - as always when it comes to this company games - buggy as hell. How long will Bethesta keep getting away with it?
  48. Thor32123
    Jan 8, 2016
    5
    Many things you love in Fallout 3 comes to Fallout 4 with more customization than ever.
    It's really fun but the downfall of this otherwise great game is that it is full of bugs and glitches and I'm not talking about those that help you exploit the game or just makes the game a bit funnier, no I'm talking about missing textures to falling down a hole in the ground because the game didn't    Many things you love in Fallout 3 comes to Fallout 4 with more customization than ever.
    It's really fun but the downfall of this otherwise great game is that it is full of bugs and glitches and I'm not talking about those that help you exploit the game or just makes the game a bit funnier, no I'm talking about missing textures to falling down a hole in the ground because the game didn't load that yet

    Hopefully the game will get patched up soon because it is a great game if all those bugs and glitches were fixed.    … Expand
  49. Ramiro1992
    Jul 16, 2017
    5
    Very dissapointing title. The worst part is the gameplay and the AI overall.
    The gameplay is not fun and does not feel good to kill an enemy, they made things even more tedious with the inventory management, instead of keeping the simple inventory design they screwed up the whole inventory. There's no info about the weight and the value of an item before picking it up, so how the ****    Very dissapointing title. The worst part is the gameplay and the AI overall.
    The gameplay is not fun and does not feel good to kill an enemy, they made things even more tedious with the inventory management, instead of keeping the simple inventory design they screwed up the whole inventory. There's no info about the weight and the value of an item before picking it up, so how the **** would I know if i should pick it up? what were they thinking!!! The weapons have a very poor description and you have no clue how the weapon looks before equiping it. That's complete **** why they did that! There's no excuse to screwing up the game like that.
    Another bad point is the enemy and friendly AI, I mean, the enemies behave very stupid sometimes and other times they behave like geniuses, they NEVER miss a ****ing bullet and they never run out of bullets! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!! some weapons like the Thompson are useless against normal enemies, you can hit an enemy with 50 bullets and he still alive! what the **** is that Bethesda! give me a ****ing break! The dog is useless most of the time, he can stand near an enemy and do nothing, what kind of help is that? I guess the devs were lazy and they just designed all the enemies the same and gave them infinite bullets, they all behave the same, they shoot thousand of bullets without running out, they take cover like **** and then they watch you and they get killed, they are THAT stupid. The world is poorly designed and the music is recycled from Fallout 3. There's no excuse to do that!
    The inventory management is a complete joke, it's very confusing and hard to find simple items and weapons. The ammunition is scarce and that's not acceptable in a FPS game, I mean give me some ****ing bullets to kill enemies, without bullets I can't fight if i can't fight I am done. I go to the shop to buy ammo and weapons and the stupid person is not in the store so I can't buy ammo even when I have money! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!
    I can still name lots of mistakes and issues in this game, poor frame rate, poor graphic details, poor storyline, and terrible AI. All together combined is very sad, because fallout 3 was very good as well as new vegas, this game is a complete joke and not worth buying not even renting. People still supporting this garbage and games are getting worse and worse each year. The upgrading system is very confusing and it's almost impossible to reach a full level in some perks. The voice acting is ridiculous and very boring. The combat system is unfair and stupid sometimes, a giant enemy that can't be killed but he still kill you with 1 single rock he throws at you. Some dogs can take 3 shotgun bullets to the head and still alive and fighting, there's no excuse for so many mistakes and a poorly designed game at the end is all that gamers have. Maybe if they spent more time in improving the game and not wasting time and money in selling those stupid items to the public (nuka cola quantum and pip boy) they made a terrible game in the end, shame on you Bethesda, you screwed up again.    … Expand
  50. MatthewAMEL
    Nov 16, 2015
    5
    Major disappointment from Bethesda. It's not even as engaging as Skyrim and nowhere near as good as Fallout 3.

    They spent all their time building the environment (which isn't as compelling as the Capitol Wasteland or even Skyrim) and completely forgot to write a story we would care about. Factions are gone. Karma is gone. Skills are gone. I'm a huge Fallout fan. Have the t-shirts,    Major disappointment from Bethesda. It's not even as engaging as Skyrim and nowhere near as good as Fallout 3.

    They spent all their time building the environment (which isn't as compelling as the Capitol Wasteland or even Skyrim) and completely forgot to write a story we would care about.

    Factions are gone. Karma is gone. Skills are gone.

    I'm a huge Fallout fan. Have the t-shirts, the artwork. Stayed up until 5am on Day 1 to play. Played 60 hours in the first week.

    I can only hope Obsidian can do awesome things with a New Vegas sequel using this engine.    … Expand
  51. HenriqueV
    Feb 3, 2016
    5
    The first thing you will notice about Fallout 4 is its outdated engine. First time I played a Bethesda open world game was years ago when I had lots of fun with Morrowind. That game was pretty ambitious for its time, and the erratic gameplay was not a problem back them. Morrowind is a game from 2002 but the core idea of that game is still here in Fallout 4, the most waited release of 2015.The first thing you will notice about Fallout 4 is its outdated engine. First time I played a Bethesda open world game was years ago when I had lots of fun with Morrowind. That game was pretty ambitious for its time, and the erratic gameplay was not a problem back them. Morrowind is a game from 2002 but the core idea of that game is still here in Fallout 4, the most waited release of 2015. Fallout 4 suffer from the same problems I found in Morrowind: its basically a 1st person game, and the 3rd person view is no more than a cool way to look at your character, as a result the gameplay in 3rd person feels out of place (just like previous Bethesda RPGs) and character movements are pretty weird to say at best. Actually, while using power armor, main character walks in such a terrible way that almost made me laugh. Sometimes it seems the big armored heroe is doing a pretty bad dance.

    Companions are improved, but are still more useful to carry your stuff than anything. When you enter every single building there are still annoying loading screens.

    Graphics are bad. There are some good moments, specially light effects, but as a whole you just ca't accept those graphics. Some textures are bad even for a PS3 or XBOX 360 game. Characters facial animations are not even as good as those ones from Mass Effect 2 or 3, and man, they look bad. When think about games like Batman Arkham Knight, MGSV, Witcher 3 or GTAV, its really hard to not mind about what you see in this game.

    Bethesda decisions to give us a full voiced characters was not necessarily a bad one, the problem is that a full voiced characters requires a more polished character development, and we won't get that here. The lines and dialogue options given to your character you only let you know that you he/she is looking for his lost son. Period. There is not emotions, none development. Your interaction with factions are also unispiring.I still don't know why I was supposed to care about Bortherhood of Steel, and other stuff happening in Wasteland. In my opinion the biggest problem with FO4 narrative and quests structure, is that the game is seems to be forcing you to do things. For example, at some point a big zepelin will be flying over your head and suddenly a new mission will appear for you, something like "talk to this guy to join Brotherhood of Steel". I remember when of the most amazing experiences in Morrowind discovering stuff. You could spent hours and hours of the game getting to know the religious aspect of the island, and when you got more interested in that subject, you could just decided to join a cult. In Skyrim you could find similar itens here and there, and then you would just start thinking that could be connected somehow. The game let you discover what you could do. That stuff won't happen here.

    Make no mistake, FO4 1st person shooting gameplay is not fun enough and is not even polished enough. That old FO3 trick where you could "stop" the game and choose where to shoot your enemy was cool years ago and was perfect to hide the not so good gameplay, but I really expect a better and more fluid shooting, but it seems thats impossible with that engine...

    While W3 could give you amazing side stories like Bloody Baron and remarkable characters, like Triss, Yeneffer and Ladies of The Woods, FO4 story and plot is cheap and lazy. There are some characters that had potencial, like Piper and Valentino, but everything their development feel rushed. Pip boy is a mess. Cool but confusing and far from intuitive.

    Power Armor was a huge deal in FO3 and New Vegas, but here they are not exactly a regular armor that you will find. In first hours of gameplay you will be able to use the armor, but now Hey requires some kind of battery, that will be gone soon, and are pretty hard to find. The armor also will be damaged pretty quickly, and you can only repair it in power armor stations. That was a pretty bad move for my taste, since that means you must be looking around to stuff to repair a armor that won't last long.

    Game design is underwhelming, since its impossible to believe its a world set 200 years after the apocalypse. So you won't get the feeling you got from FO3 or from games like Last of Us or Metro games. The wasteland looks like a big area that people just left for good months ago. Discovering vaults were one of the most nice things in FO3, but all the Vaults I visited here where not exactly special, and they all had this cartoonesque presentation, not even close of the depressing and cold feeling of vaults from FO3.

    I was really sure this game was going to be the 2015 game of the year. Easily. For someone that don't have enough time to spend with games, after some hours I just realized that "Wasteland" name was actually trying to tell me one thing, then I stopped wasting my time with FO4 and remover it from my PS4.    … Expand
  52. Vixzer
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    Fallout 4 has the same performance as the Assassin Creeds Unity - needles to say I am asking for a refund.

    The story might be awesome but with the terrible frames and performance overall, no matter the excuses achieving Zero fps and all other frame rate issues is something that equals Bethesda with Ubisoft in my view. The frame rate problems affects the aim (how am I supposed to aim    Fallout 4 has the same performance as the Assassin Creeds Unity - needles to say I am asking for a refund.

    The story might be awesome but with the terrible frames and performance overall, no matter the excuses achieving Zero fps and all other frame rate issues is something that equals Bethesda with Ubisoft in my view.

    The frame rate problems affects the aim (how am I supposed to aim without seeing properly?), we get normally stuck on places, I lost some progress with this as I had to close the game and start again from the last save (multiple times)

    For all that, Fallout 4 deserves only a rating of 5 (and I am being generous).    … Expand
  53. TributeMan
    Dec 13, 2015
    5
    Bethesda skończ z tym Falloutem!

    Miałem nadzieję, że to będzie przynajmniej dobra gra, ale niestety. Fatalne dialogi, grafika i bugi przeszkadzają mi w graniu i skutecznie odsuwają mnie od monitora. Grę ratuje ekploracja i muzyka.
  54. el_prez
    Dec 2, 2015
    5
    I liked this game better when it was called Fallout 3.
    Come on, Bethesda, you're better than this - there is almost nothing new here that we haven't seen before. OK, yeah, it a different city. OK, there's that. Sooooo you jog around a different area and get attacked...then fight or run away...then jog around some more...get attacked again...and just go ahead and do that another 1000x.    I liked this game better when it was called Fallout 3.
    Come on, Bethesda, you're better than this - there is almost nothing new here that we haven't seen before. OK, yeah, it a different city. OK, there's that. Sooooo you jog around a different area and get attacked...then fight or run away...then jog around some more...get attacked again...and just go ahead and do that another 1000x. That's Fallout 4.
    This game could have really pushed the envelope and added more to a great game but for $59 I just feel like I got straight up scammed. I would have liked to see some actual real stealth mode, some farming to soothe my ADHD or maybe multiple/interesting ways to achieve goals/missions, instead of just kill A or kill B.    … Expand
  55. ascedentevil
    Dec 9, 2015
    5
    Update:

    Despite how much time I have spent playing Fallout 4, I can't help but feel disappointment, disdain in knowing that this game should be better than it is, the inescapable feeling that Bethesda didn't give this 100% I am updating this review because I have finally gotten around to playing The Witcher 3 and by comparison alone, Fallout now looks terrible to me. The gameplay is    Update:

    Despite how much time I have spent playing Fallout 4, I can't help but feel disappointment, disdain in knowing that this game should be better than it is, the inescapable feeling that Bethesda didn't give this 100%
    I am updating this review because I have finally gotten around to playing The Witcher 3 and by comparison alone, Fallout now looks terrible to me.

    The gameplay is good but not a lot more is brought to the table, the crafting system is good for weapons and Armour but becomes absolutely useless when building up settlements; and you'll constantly be over encumbered because of all the junk you're carrying around. Radiation has been nicely tweaked however.

    Visuals, once upon a time I thought they were good and to a certain extent they are; the lighting is brilliant and the radiation storms look amazing but on a whole, the creation engine is very old and even swimming, looks the same as it did in The Elder Scrolls IV. Textures are horrid and so is most of everything else; even the reflection in you weapon when it rains is a preset SUNNY image, what!? Overall, it just looks dated and not next gen, granted the world is big in this game and there's a lot too it but on this generation there really is no excuse.

    Characters are dull and not very memorable, the only memorable one I found, I was forced to kill as part of the story because my charisma was too low to save them, really? Thanks for the freedom Bethesda. I felt betrayed by my own character a lot due to the new "speech wheel" which has options that are essentially: yes, no, not sure, sarcastic and EVERY SINGLE TIME they will say something you really didn't want or intend them to say and it will ruin you relationship with your companion.

    The story is mostly predictable with one main twist that makes you think someone at Bethesda quit and someone new started telling the story. The side quest I found through exploring were more memorable.

    Bugs wise there are a few but none to serious, other than a time I killed someone for a mission, they died and the marker stayed on them telling me I had to kill them, I missed out on some loot because of this.

    Overall, distinctively average from Bethesda, it's painful for me to write a review like this for this game, I was so hyped up for this release but given that a huge company with a huge budget made this, when you compare that fact to how good the Witcher is, it makes you think; should war have changed?    … Expand
  56. Rouce
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    Graphics are fine imo. Stability is questionable. Bugs are everywhere but most can be overlooked at. What really grinds my gears is the game being dumbed down and streamlined to Oblivion. (Sadly not the Elder Scrolls game)

    This is no longer an immersive post-apocalyptic roleplaying game with a coherent overworld, interesting stories/people/factions and different choices to make which    Graphics are fine imo. Stability is questionable. Bugs are everywhere but most can be overlooked at. What really grinds my gears is the game being dumbed down and streamlined to Oblivion. (Sadly not the Elder Scrolls game)

    This is no longer an immersive post-apocalyptic roleplaying game with a coherent overworld, interesting stories/people/factions and different choices to make which really matter and change the outcome of your surroundings.

    It's just a simple Exploration FPS with a Hub-like overworld, a lot of fetch quests à la "Go there, kill that, take this, bring back", mostly shoot and loot purpose-built locations and a lot of uninteresting characters. If they aren't simply generic "Settlers" etc. you won't be even alble to kill them. Nearly everyone of them is invincible and there's no more Karma or Faction system.

    You're just playing the concerned father through all of this game, without the ability to be someone else or even just evil. There are no more multiple ways of solving a situation and he Dialogue wheel mostly consists of this:

    Yes
    No (Forced to still do it)
    Sarcastic (Yes)
    Huh? (Just an explanation which will lead back to the same options)

    And occasionally a Speech check, but no more Barter/Intimidate/Medic etc. options.

    This is not Fallout anymore. :/    … Expand
  57. Creery
    Nov 24, 2015
    5
    So much potential but fails to deliver anything overly impressive. I was eagerly looking forward to this game but unfortunately it’s a disappointment. The game plays well besides a few bugs and there are ideas and elements that could have been brilliant. However, the graphics are average at best, the storyline isn’t very captivating, the voice acting is very poor and the mechanics ofSo much potential but fails to deliver anything overly impressive. I was eagerly looking forward to this game but unfortunately it’s a disappointment. The game plays well besides a few bugs and there are ideas and elements that could have been brilliant. However, the graphics are average at best, the storyline isn’t very captivating, the voice acting is very poor and the mechanics of building settlements is frustrating.… Expand
  58. bobosen85
    Dec 6, 2015
    5
    Played all the fallout games, new vegas twice, fallout 1 twice, fallout 2 three times. This game...what have you done bethesda?

    Graphics are ok in my opinion. That's not what's bringing this game down. Here's what: * This is the first fallout game where I have not actually paid attention to any dialogue. I just spam X to get it over with. In previous games, a high intelligence,    Played all the fallout games, new vegas twice, fallout 1 twice, fallout 2 three times. This game...what have you done bethesda?

    Graphics are ok in my opinion. That's not what's bringing this game down. Here's what:

    * This is the first fallout game where I have not actually paid attention to any dialogue. I just spam X to get it over with. In previous games, a high intelligence, charisma, strength etc could win you options in dialogues. Now, it's just high charisma getting you more money. Wow.

    * They've done something with the sound design, a character that's standing 1 meter away from you can't be heard. So I thought I'd enable subtitles. No **** half the dialogue is subbed, the rest not. Come on!

    * Were you , just as I, spending 15 minutes when leveling up thinking about your next perkin the previous games? Or Skill? Forget it, in F4 all you want is right there from the get go. The special system? Why bother spending time on it as charisma is overpowered and you can add points EVERY SINGLE LEVEL UP!

    * Mini-map. messy.

    * Each and every quest is not solvable by anything other than violence or you having a high enough charisma that you can speak someone out of it. No creative ways of dealing with missions, they are so bland the game felt like a chore.

    * Performance in some areas is pure bull****

    * The open world is bland and boring. Not many memorable locations, it's all dead and not in the post apocalyptic way. There is no fallout soul.

    * Story - don't get me started

    * Legendary creatures? Come on!

    anything good? Yes! The crafting system is fun, makes picking up all junk from previous games actually meaningful. Gunplay is satisfying. Intro music from previous games is the highlight of this game. It's enjoyable, if you haven't played the other games. In comparison to New Vegas, this is several steps back. What a shame    … Expand
  59. zelenii
    Nov 6, 2016
    5
    Almost shooter, almost RPG, but "almost".
    If you prefer shooter, play at Far Cry, if you prefer RPG, you have a nice The Witcher.
    Pass by this game. I'm disappointed.
  60. Spidor
    Jan 2, 2016
    5
    War never changes, but triple-A RPGs sure are joining the cool idiot crowd to fit in. It's the worst kind of puberty movie, the one where a nerdy teen realizes he'd rather have popularity than a handful of actual friends.

    It's not a terrible game, but if this is where they're going... Fallout is dead, it pains me to say. Hell, if you usually play the "Hypocrite hero/anti-hero that kills    War never changes, but triple-A RPGs sure are joining the cool idiot crowd to fit in. It's the worst kind of puberty movie, the one where a nerdy teen realizes he'd rather have popularity than a handful of actual friends.

    It's not a terrible game, but if this is where they're going... Fallout is dead, it pains me to say. Hell, if you usually play the "Hypocrite hero/anti-hero that kills almost everything", a Shepherd-type, you might not even have noticed that THAT is the only guy you can be in this game, with the only choice being nice or a dick in conversations leading down the same paths. There are plenty of factions, set pieces, areas - and you're either going to kill them or kill for them. The story makes no sense because of this - because there's no diplomacy, no role to play other than Actionman McShooty. Just a hitman for one of the factions, which is a fine choice, but it shouldn't be the ONLY choice, and that's actually what's kind of weird - aren't these the harder choices to implement, adding Diplomacy or Truly Evil options would actually be just a few more lines of dialogue, locking them by stats to require actual role-play, interface some of it with the way you do other quests... but no, by the end of the main story, you'd realize the game resists your urge to make choices by simply making you shoot at all your problems. You can't choose technology without murdering freedom, you can't choose morality without blasting technology (and, ironically, murdering some people along the way).

    There's no coherence here, no factions to like, no people to want and help and that's a damn shame because those things are what makes the Fallout world tick.

    Quality of writing in Bethesda has been dwindling for a while, I guess. The process of streamlining and homogenizing everything has become more extreme with every gaming generation. This game is and has sold like crazy - so maybe this is Fallout now, and us RPGers should bow out. That sucks.

    So what it is is a decent game which controls better than most action RPGs, without any real RPG elements or choices that matter. It's a got a pretty meaningless but fun Sims - Mad Max Edition town builder to help protect your crappy companions and crappy mook AI settlers, but this leads nowhere. It goes down with a whimper no matter which of the millions upon billions of EXACTLY three ways it can end, and the road you take there is always soaked with the blood of your enemies, you shady but ultimately good anti-hero type who is sometimes sarcastic, you.    … Expand
  61. blackdave666
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    Tech issues and bugs classical Bethesda release .. game itself looks and plays great. Do not recommend buying now for PC. Wait for the first wave of patches.
  62. Gamercritic777
    Aug 13, 2018
    5
    Not such a great version of Fallout. I have been a fan from the start and see the game going downhill. The settlement creation ads something new to the game, and also it is the future of gaming. But i feel they make the entire game surrounding settlement building. Not much else to do. No sense of exploration. Lack of guns to make. When you ad the option to create or customise weapons youNot such a great version of Fallout. I have been a fan from the start and see the game going downhill. The settlement creation ads something new to the game, and also it is the future of gaming. But i feel they make the entire game surrounding settlement building. Not much else to do. No sense of exploration. Lack of guns to make. When you ad the option to create or customise weapons you cannot forget to add 1000's of blueprints as basically you tell us to create something, but we are very limited. Which is a bit silly. Characters and charisma/talking are broken. Game feels bland.… Expand
  63. rammy
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    This hurts..but..Fallout 4 feels unfinished and poorly done. The graphics, characters and interface are off and it's bugged like hell. It's just fallout 3 one more time, and that's not good enough for me anymore - not with other massive games like witcher 3 and phantom pain around. I think I'm gonna sell this off right away -what a massive disappointment (and I love the other games in theThis hurts..but..Fallout 4 feels unfinished and poorly done. The graphics, characters and interface are off and it's bugged like hell. It's just fallout 3 one more time, and that's not good enough for me anymore - not with other massive games like witcher 3 and phantom pain around. I think I'm gonna sell this off right away -what a massive disappointment (and I love the other games in the franchise).… Expand
  64. CR2803
    Nov 10, 2015
    5
    Ehhhhhh. Disappointed is an under-statement, thanks a lot Last of Us.

    I know it's not the same game, the RPG feature being the major factor in why people buy the majority of Bethesda games. But with the setting being quite similar it makes it very difficult for me not to compare the two (especially after playing in 3rd person mode). The game doesn't feel like it's progressed enough    Ehhhhhh. Disappointed is an under-statement, thanks a lot Last of Us.

    I know it's not the same game, the RPG feature being the major factor in why people buy the majority of Bethesda games. But with the setting being quite similar it makes it very difficult for me not to compare the two (especially after playing in 3rd person mode). The game doesn't feel like it's progressed enough since Fallout 3, certainly not enough for 7 years and on a new generation of consoles. The frame-rate consistently drops way below its capped 30fps, very frustrating bugs when playing and a broken autosave function that basically just doesn't.. save.. After about 4 hours straight gameplay, and after numerous "autosaves" I died. This returned me way back, literally missions back. I had trophies for missions I completed, then had to complete the missions again. After re-doing the missions, I found the only way to do it is to manual save, which can be quite frustrating as it's so easy to forget in 2015.

    Remembering when The Last of Us was released on Playstation 3, visually it was better than this is, the gameplay was a hell of a lot smoother and although it did have bugs they weren't game-changing, the gameplay was good enough to forgive and so was the story. For this being a story-oriented game, I expected a lot better after eagerly awaiting it since its announcements' teasing announcement. The last of Us, for me personally, has really set the bar for the whole post-apocalyptic theme and this game falls way, way short of it in any way.

    Despite this, the game is still playable to an extent and would hope that the game isn't so bug-filled and disappointing for others. I have full faith that Bethesda will patch the problems sooner rather than later, they really won't want to lose any more reputation on a big game leading up to Christmas. But until these fixes are popped-up in the top left corner of my screen with a v1.02 update, my copy is staying in the shelf.

    And people, I know it's bad right now, but giving it 0/10 implies it's one of the worst games ever made. We all know that award is a fight between the annual murder of the COD and FIFA franchises.    … Expand
  65. baylaust
    Dec 8, 2015
    5
    Bethesda is in a very unique position as a developer, as time and time again, they get praised and excused for practices that other developers would get reamed for.

    In terms of what I liked, the shooting is by far the best it has ever felt in the series, so when things inevitably fall into shootouts, attacking is simple and satisfying, whether you rely on V.A.T.S or your own skill.    Bethesda is in a very unique position as a developer, as time and time again, they get praised and excused for practices that other developers would get reamed for.

    In terms of what I liked, the shooting is by far the best it has ever felt in the series, so when things inevitably fall into shootouts, attacking is simple and satisfying, whether you rely on V.A.T.S or your own skill. Being a Fallout game, there is a ton to do that will distract you from the main questline for hours on end, and there's a large world to explore to that end (though not quite as big as Bethesda would want you to believe). In addition, the art style is great. I'm very glad that developers are learning how to make apocalyptic games that have a colour palet besides brown.

    That being said, this game has a myriad of problems that are being ignored. The main quest is completely boring and uninteresting. It's supposed to be this story of revenge and finding what you've lost, yet immediately after I left the Vault, I stopped caring. This probably has something to do with the fact that, in a huge mistake, Bethesda decided to try and make the player in Fallout 4 an actual character, even giving them a voice actor to that end. In doing that, Fallout 4 loses a lot of charm that previous games had; since the main character has to be a real human being, they can't be saying the hilariously dumb lines you could use in previous games.

    Speaking of which, the dialogue has been dumbed down considerably. Which is a major issue for someone like me, who gets the most enjoyment out of Fallout from the dialogue. Due to the main character having a voice actor, many of the lines that you could use in Fallout 3 and NV would sound ridiculous coming from an actual human being's mouth. Because of that, the wide range of dialogue has been reduced to 2 options for "yes," one option for "no," and one option for "What?". In addition, the dialogue wheel fails to properly convey what it is you're supposed to be saying. Frequently, a prompt will come up just saying "Sarcasm," and nothing else. Thanks, game. That's very descriptive. Finally, all of your traits used to matter to dialogue. You could use Strength to intimidate foes, Intelligence to outsmart, Charisma to charm. Now, Charisma is the only trait that matters, and special options are dumbed down to "Yellow for Easy, Red for Hard."

    But what really does this game in for me is the bugs. Beyond monsters phasing into the Earth and character models doing some truly bizarre things, there are SEVERE frame rate drops (I'm talking 2-5 FPS), hard crashes, and quests that are in-completable because the dialogue necessary to complete the quest won't appear. If this happens in any other game, that is considered unforgivable, but people are willing to give this a pass because "it's Bethesda."

    So there you have it. Don't get me wrong, there is enjoyment to be found here, but make no mistake: this game, in its current mechanical state, is not worth the full price tag. Beyond the dumbed down dialogue, boring story, repetitive side quests, and boring main character, the bugs alone should serve as a giant warning sign. Either wait for a patch or wait for a price drop, because Fallout 4 is not worth it.    … Expand
  66. WasaStar
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    Quite disappointing game. Pre-ordered the game well before launch and was waiting for release date.
    The graphics is okay in best case but rather ugly. In some scenes ever lagging.

    The quests are boring and dialogs are rather stupid. Mostly Yes, No.
    SPECIAL skill tree is pretty worthless.

    Will finish the story mode quickly and resell the game while still worth anything.
  67. Spunkmire
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    I'd rather have some HD texture and graphics mods on fallout 3, and just play through that again. The pipboy app is the only thing I feel was innovative and refreshing on this game. Shame I can't port that to fallout 3.

    Animations and textures seem so random in quality. NPCs throughout the game look awful, but when I run into a random settler, his animations and textures look great.    I'd rather have some HD texture and graphics mods on fallout 3, and just play through that again. The pipboy app is the only thing I feel was innovative and refreshing on this game. Shame I can't port that to fallout 3.

    Animations and textures seem so random in quality. NPCs throughout the game look awful, but when I run into a random settler, his animations and textures look great.

    My score is based off of the inconsistent nature of how the game was assembled.

    Overall, it''s on par with the company's track record.

    Regardless, it's still something new to play, and I thank all the people for their hard work, supervisors and quality control department messed up though.    … Expand
  68. ButcherPete
    Nov 12, 2015
    5
    Atrocious settlement mechanic, **** dialogue wheel reducing every conversation to yes/no/sarcastic, zero nuance to quests or factions, hamboggled crafting system, lack of memorable characters rendering most of the npcs as props instead of people, and a forced role to play really make it hard to appreciate the fun aspects of this game.

    "streamlining" really soiled the game for me.    Atrocious settlement mechanic, **** dialogue wheel reducing every conversation to yes/no/sarcastic, zero nuance to quests or factions, hamboggled crafting system, lack of memorable characters rendering most of the npcs as props instead of people, and a forced role to play really make it hard to appreciate the fun aspects of this game.

    "streamlining" really soiled the game for me.

    disappointment/10    … Expand
  69. JoelCR
    Nov 14, 2015
    5
    The fallout series, it has one of my favourite games of all time (NV) and it also has my biggest disappointment of all time (Fo4). Note: this is a critique, I'm not mentioning the positives as Fo4 is still an ok game, not a good Fallout game mind you.

    Dialog system: While the voice acting of the average character is improved (mainly because there's more than 5 actors now), it goes to    The fallout series, it has one of my favourite games of all time (NV) and it also has my biggest disappointment of all time (Fo4). Note: this is a critique, I'm not mentioning the positives as Fo4 is still an ok game, not a good Fallout game mind you.

    Dialog system:
    While the voice acting of the average character is improved (mainly because there's more than 5 actors now), it goes to waste on lifeless personalities that have no depth to them - their just so unremarkable compared to the cast of previous fallouts. The voice actors that play our protagonist is quite good, but a bit one note. The real killer is the 4 option dialogue system, it's not just horrendous 'cause its "bastardised" compared to previous titles but to me it destroys any sought of role-playing; the speech checks in NV gave a distinction between characters, a player who role-played as a low intelligence character would be somewhat different then a character who has more intelligence and vice versa, unfortunately Fallout 4 removes that entirely and the dialogue consist of (a) one demented response, (b) the "lets skip this conversation already" or simply yes, (c) asking questions, or (d) the "i'm not sure yet" response. To me option "C" is the worst offender, its just a lazy way of expending lore; remember, Bethesda, showing me rather than telling me is always better since it doesn't interrupt game time at all.
    Combat:
    I don't have much to say on the fundamentals of combat, but after playing the masterful combat that was MGSV, it feels extremely basic. Stealth is as "unrepaired" as it has always been, but even worst here, since you need a to perk to muffle your footsteps to be competitive when using melee. The "gung ho" approach that was always punished in previous games is the easiest and least risky way to complete each mission, while keeping constant covertness is just too difficult on harder difficulties. While the enemies do give challenge to the game, their AI is just if not worst than previous fallouts. The game has automated spotlights that try to detect threats but their so useless that they might as well not be their; when the AI hears commotion, instead of searching they move away from the commotion (how'd that get pass testing?); no matter how many times you're detected by the enemies, once you lose your state of caution they completely forget that you existed, they should at least add more guards after this confrontation (this is the same in previous games, but this 2015 not 2008, we have higher expectations); the melee is just awful, in NV most weapons had a unique animation when preforming a running attack, in Fo4... well, I hope you like the seeing the same clunky animation play repetitively; overall the melee and unarmed weapons are nothing compared to the plethora of NV's arsenal, nothing will beat smashing a guys head in with a nine iron (I'm not sure if that's in Fo4). I'm could go on and on but I beating a dead horse here.

    Other stuff:
    *Unique weapons have the same model as their standard counterpart (don't quote me on that).
    *The beginning of the game is so disjointed that it nearly killed it for me, like I have no other leads other than a drug addicts visions to go Diamond City? In NV, you already knew where to go, that city in the distance (show don't tell, remember Bethesda?).

    In conclusion, I've enjoyed myself but it could be so much better. I have yet to complete the main story, but so far the side activities are clustered but fun    … Expand
  70. Tyo28
    Nov 16, 2015
    5
    Honest Review

    I made a meta critic account to review this game because I am extremely disappointed. I pre ordered this game weeks in advance because I am a if fan of the fallout series. I enjoyed Fallout 3 and yes even New Vegas. I couldn't wait to sit down for hours and tell everyone how good this game is...alas it isn't so. The graphics for one are mediocre at best with game such    Honest Review

    I made a meta critic account to review this game because I am extremely disappointed. I pre ordered this game weeks in advance because I am a if fan of the fallout series. I enjoyed Fallout 3 and yes even New Vegas. I couldn't wait to sit down for hours and tell everyone how good this game is...alas it isn't so.

    The graphics for one are mediocre at best with game such as witcher 3 and assassins creed pushing the envelope. There is no excuse for this at all. Honestly it's comparable to the graphics in Fallout 3

    The story, I know how could they screw this part up. This is what I was like looking forward to the most. They were very lazy in putting the story together. There is no back story or time to get in to the character which is a staple with fallout games. The reviewers say they throw you in to the story. I say they were lazy plain and simple. The result is I don't care about the character or his journey.

    The gameplay smh. It just isn't fun. There is no yes moment when you kill your last enemy or go through the dialogue which is all bad. The main character sounds like he is one word away from going straight to sleep.

    In the end I am very disappointed. Bethesda had enough time to knock this out the park but gave us something that feels unfinished . I read through the positive reviews no and I understand people want to like this game honestly I get that. As gamers though we can't settle for mediocrity lets reward companies who push the envelope and berate those who give us slop. This is the first game I ever preordered and I'm honestly amazed at how mediocre it is. I would rent it first if you like it then buy. Shame on Bethesda though for releasing this knowing it was half crap.    … Expand
  71. Fourthhorseman8
    Nov 17, 2015
    5
    I think that the hype that was built for this game is responsible for it's large scale disappointment.
    I have never played a Fallout game before this one, and never felt like I needed to in order understand the game. The story development was very well done, but that may be the only enjoyable thing in this game for me. The controls while aiming were slow and took some getting use to. The    I think that the hype that was built for this game is responsible for it's large scale disappointment.
    I have never played a Fallout game before this one, and never felt like I needed to in order understand the game. The story development was very well done, but that may be the only enjoyable thing in this game for me. The controls while aiming were slow and took some getting use to. The inability to use a weapon of my choice was annoying because ammo is virtually non existent. The companions seem to be a very dumb A.I. My next issue was the graphics and game play. Often time I felt the game was cheap looking and objects often disappeared or had jagged lines. My character often got stuck on objects, but that was the worst part. Very often I saw fps issues where the game went into a seizure and a few times even crashed the game making me restart from a distant save.
    The side quests and fort building feel like simple time padding to me, that had no real benefit to the game.
    Now the story -
    First it started strong, but depending on your choices, you may not be able to continue or trophy hunt after the end missions.
    The game felt short to me. Sure the game has tons of time killing missions, but I'm the type of gamer that needs purpose. A strong reason for grinding a boring battle system.
    The worst part of the game for me was the savaging. Looting everything for parts to upgrade crappy guns. Then not having room for anything else. I was annoyed way to much with this game.
    In closing, This game is a great rental, but I would not buy this at retail cost.    … Expand
  72. SAMMMM
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    Watch out folks, the game is only fun after you learn the miserable controller functions. It can take sometime to figure the controls out and also, its very realistic, there's no coming back if you get caught off gaurd by an enemy (that's on normal difficulty at least) . after learning the controls id give it a 8 out of 10 but the beginning is annoying and difficult to adapt to so i giveWatch out folks, the game is only fun after you learn the miserable controller functions. It can take sometime to figure the controls out and also, its very realistic, there's no coming back if you get caught off gaurd by an enemy (that's on normal difficulty at least) . after learning the controls id give it a 8 out of 10 but the beginning is annoying and difficult to adapt to so i give it a frusterateing 2 out of 10 hahahahahahahha lol. there's too many weapons proly a hundred you can carry at once. i wish they wouldve copied call of duty controller functions. common, triangle is jump???? x is more convenient. - SAM… Expand
  73. darvos
    Nov 22, 2015
    5
    This game is really disappointing. Combat is terrible, doing anything in the UI is a chore. It's the same old Bethesda engine with different skin. It is losing Fallout world's flavor as well. Feral ghouls are just mindless zombies, super mutants are now acting like apes incapable of using complete sentences. Most areas are linear shoot everything that moves type dungeon. I wouldThis game is really disappointing. Combat is terrible, doing anything in the UI is a chore. It's the same old Bethesda engine with different skin. It is losing Fallout world's flavor as well. Feral ghouls are just mindless zombies, super mutants are now acting like apes incapable of using complete sentences. Most areas are linear shoot everything that moves type dungeon. I would rather play a superb 20 hour game than something with hundreds of hours of sub-par content. Sad to see the fallout IP turn into this, the first game is one of my favorite game of all time.… Expand
  74. HumanoidalFungi
    Nov 23, 2015
    5
    This game should be a spin-off, like: Fallout 3: Minutemen Reborn. It dumbs-down some aspects of Fallout I felt are in the core Fallout experience: post-apocalyptic death, rich dialogs, encounters.

    There are some advantages, but the disadvantages that I found are simply blockers. 1) Dialogs. Dialogs are dumb. It's introducing distance between you and your character. Sometimes I've    This game should be a spin-off, like: Fallout 3: Minutemen Reborn. It dumbs-down some aspects of Fallout I felt are in the core Fallout experience: post-apocalyptic death, rich dialogs, encounters.

    There are some advantages, but the disadvantages that I found are simply blockers.

    1) Dialogs. Dialogs are dumb. It's introducing distance between you and your character. Sometimes I've chosen a dialog option only because I've misunderstood what feelings will be communicated with that option. I.e. when choosing an option titled "you're a synth", your character will be aggressive and it will be said in the form of an accusation. If I knew that I wouldn't picked it! With menu that uses only codewords instead of full lines I felt that instead of leading the conversation I was playing guesswork. Good thing that "quick save" option works in dialogs, I was using quick-load when inside the dialog quite often. I miss the times of Baldur's Gate. In that game, you had to earn your way into a romance. It wasn't started by choosing the "romance" option... It's like: "new directive: commence romance. initializing... protocol romance starts". Yuck.

    2) Repetition. In Fallout 4 there are really LOTS of places to visit. And they're nicely done. But what's the point if most of them are empty in content? I mean sure, there are raiders to kill and loot to be found. But if you "clear" the location and take the loot, it's marked as "cleared" and that's it. There's no "history" inside them, no spontaneous quests, and I really can't find any reason to enter some Brewery if I don't have a quest marker inside it. Also, automatically generated quests (like, 'clear this area' or 'rescue this person') are giving me exactly ZERO motivation to follow this quest, because I know that when I'll do it, i'll get EXACTLY the same quest next time, sometimes even in the SAME location! There won't be any feeling of accomplishment, nothing. Only loot. I don't care about the loot! I care about the story and the world, not numbers and which compound I have the most!

    3) Weapons. I play melee character. In early game I've bought Chinese Officer's Sword, later I've changed it to Super-sledge, because everything else has simply worse damage. It looks like I'll be using it till end of the game (most enemies are 1 hit, and I play on Very Hard). So, I don't see the diversity of guns here: my whole game will end and I've used only 3 weapons. What's the point of having multiple mods, if most of them won't ever be used, because more advanced mods are completely deprecating older ones? This is actually called 'leveling', not 'modding'. If you have a better mod, you won't use the worse mod. Mods should be diversive and should introduce new traits that sometimes can be used and sometimes not, not simply gaining more p0wah!@#. Mods in Power Armors are nicely designed though.

    4) Interface. "Junk" is managed well, I like it very much that the player can stash every junk item from inventory into the workshop by hitting T key when browsing the workshop. This is very nice. I wish there could be a way to stash "unneeded" items into the workshop, or shop, in similar fashion. I mean, nearly every walk through the city results in killing enemies, because they respawn. If every enemy leaves loot, and player is expected to take it, then the player should be able to tag items which are taken with selling in mind, tagging items which are taken in checking them later, etc. I.e. I would wish to somehow create a category "shop items". When picking up items, it would categorize those items as "shop items" the moment I pick them up. Then, when visiting the shopkeeper, I would hit "T" and all items that are marked as "shop items" are moved to the shopkeeper. I then decide to accept or deny the transaction. This would make selling loot a lot less cumbersome. And now it is, because there are TONS of items in this game. Not really much diversity in them, but in terms of volume.

    5) For me, Fallout was about exploration. World exploration, game exploration, character exploration. I liked the idea that I didn't know what perks I could choose at some point of the game. I liked the surprise that the game gave me when it allowed me to choose a new perk that was awesome. It made perks valuable and it created an immersion of achieving something that you didn't know was there previously. Fallout 4? Every possible perk is offered right on the beginning of the game. Even if you can't choose it because you don't have enough stat points, you know what's there. You can even browse through perk levels, to know that it will do if it's on higher level. Hell, you can even modify your primary stats. I feel like another Fallout core trait has been changed to something that is not nearly as fun.

    I have more thoughts about this game, but I feed there's no point in writing them all. I mean, the game is done. It's too late to change it. I'm sad :(.    … Expand
  75. davyboi
    Jan 11, 2016
    5
    I'm gonna be honest I was very disappointed with Fallout 4. That said it still is enjoyable in some aspects; the shooting mechanics are better then ever, the weapon and base crafting are addicting and overall good additions. And that's about all the praise I can give.

    The new dialogue system coupled with a voiced protagonist is probably the worst change since 3, speech choices are much    I'm gonna be honest I was very disappointed with Fallout 4. That said it still is enjoyable in some aspects; the shooting mechanics are better then ever, the weapon and base crafting are addicting and overall good additions. And that's about all the praise I can give.

    The new dialogue system coupled with a voiced protagonist is probably the worst change since 3, speech choices are much more limited and is often presented as vague "yes" "no" "sarcastic" responses that the voice actor says in dull unconvincing performances. The story has a very cringe worthy scripted start and is a flipped version of 3 in terms of plot and the voice actor for the main character does not help. One thing I have to address is how awful the awful lip syncing and animation for the characters you talk to are, seriously it looks like it came from the ps2.

    Level progression has also changed into a simplified skill tree which turns your character into one build that can do anything in stead of allowing for fun unique builds like 3 and New Vegas did. Its also very easy, you can acquire the most powerful weapons very early on and the new version of power armor in the form of a mech suit(that you also get early on) will remove any sense of challenge that remained.

    The graphics are unimpressive and the frame rate is pretty bad oftentimes going below 30fps when too many things are happening. The environments are more varied than 3 and look much better than 3 obviously but are still pretty bland in design.

    Though It is addicting and will give you many hours of gameplay it pretty obvious that New Vegas did it better.    … Expand
  76. DJPolish
    Nov 30, 2015
    5
    I'm one of those RPG players who are most disappointed because of the crap dialogue system, the linear quests, the less than moderate effects of our character's actions on the world around, and hence, the zero replayability of the game.

    I think I figured out what's the elementary difference between the F4 quest system and the predecessor games'. In F3 or New Vegas, a quest dialogue    I'm one of those RPG players who are most disappointed because of the crap dialogue system, the linear quests, the less than moderate effects of our character's actions on the world around, and hence, the zero replayability of the game.

    I think I figured out what's the elementary difference between the F4 quest system and the predecessor games'.

    In F3 or New Vegas, a quest dialogue usually happens like this:

    - the NPC proposes the problem;
    - our character can choose between about 2 or 3 options what to do, how to solve or not to solve the problem;
    - If we choose Option 1, and the NPC reacts, it moves forward to about 2 further sub-options: - the quest can end with End A or End B;
    - if we choose Option 2, and the NPC reacts, it offers another 2 sub-options: - the quest will end with End C or End D;
    - and likewise, if we have Option 3 as well.
    This is about 3-4-5 possible ending of an average quest, and they are irreversible (the world around will go on with the End you chose). This is the non-linear quest-structure.

    In Fallout 4, a quest dialogue happens like this:

    - the NPC proposes the problem;
    - our character can choose between 4 options what to do (although, by default we don't know what he/she will actually DO, it's just a guess);
    - if we choose Option 1, and the NPC reacts, it leads our character BACK to the other starter three Options;
    - if we choose Option 2, and the NPC reacts, it leads BACK to the original Options;
    - if we choose Options 3, and the NPC reacts, the quest moves forward with the only one possible outcome;
    - if we choose Option 4 which means "no, I won't do it", the quest takes a break, offering you to come back later to choose the only one possible Ending.
    This is an average 1 possible quest ending (if we don't count "no, I don't do this" as a second ending). This is a linear quest-structure. - - And I hate it.

    Those folks, who created and wrote the quests for F4,
    1. never played any roleplay games;
    2. consider us to be total idiots who buy this as "RPG quests". I'm personally annoyed by this.    … Expand
  77. GuyDudeThing
    Dec 1, 2015
    5
    I wouldn't call it a terrible game, just disappointingly unimpressive, not only on a technical level but as an overall experience. The only improvement to the franchise was a building system, but everything else I enjoyed has been utterly gutted or simplified.
    I can understand how people could enjoy this, but I've found myself bored to death with this painfully average game.
    As a    I wouldn't call it a terrible game, just disappointingly unimpressive, not only on a technical level but as an overall experience. The only improvement to the franchise was a building system, but everything else I enjoyed has been utterly gutted or simplified.
    I can understand how people could enjoy this, but I've found myself bored to death with this painfully average game.

    As a fallout fan I feel somewhat alienated from the series now, I just hope Obsidian gets another crack at it.    … Expand
  78. ShibbyDibby
    Dec 3, 2015
    5
    Dialogue wheel is a big let down, voiced protagonist was a mistake, quests are boring or repetitive. World is interesting and the more realistic difficulty are both pluses though.
  79. AndyRock5
    Dec 15, 2015
    5
    My experience can be compared to a lake that is a mile wide, but an inch deep. It seems like a large expansive word, but you quickly find out there is very little depth to anything. You end up redoing the same quests over and over and the writing is very much sub-par, from a role-playing standpoint fallout 4 is a failure. The additions of better shooting, crafting and the base buildingMy experience can be compared to a lake that is a mile wide, but an inch deep. It seems like a large expansive word, but you quickly find out there is very little depth to anything. You end up redoing the same quests over and over and the writing is very much sub-par, from a role-playing standpoint fallout 4 is a failure. The additions of better shooting, crafting and the base building seem great at first, until you realise that New Vegas mods did a better job years ago. Overall a mediocre game that fails to live up to my expectations, I might be able to recommend this when the GOTY edition comes out and the modding scene has had time to mature… Expand
  80. stevieg08
    Jan 12, 2016
    5
    I love Bethesda. I think they make incredible games, and when I purchase one I expect it to be my main hobby for 5-6 months. That was the expectation I had for Fallout, which might be its demise for me. On its own the game might have been better for me, but it was weighed down by my expectations.

    Let me start by saying that everyone who gave this game between 0-3 is ridiculous. It held    I love Bethesda. I think they make incredible games, and when I purchase one I expect it to be my main hobby for 5-6 months. That was the expectation I had for Fallout, which might be its demise for me. On its own the game might have been better for me, but it was weighed down by my expectations.

    Let me start by saying that everyone who gave this game between 0-3 is ridiculous. It held my attention for a decent amount of time, but it was not on the level of Skyrim or Fallout 3 for me. I don't know if I missed something, but I barely found any engaging side quests!! Not even with the factions. It felt ridiculously repetitive. The beauty of these games for me is not necessarily the main quest, but the days upon days you can spend exploring the world and helping/ screwing over its characters. In this game, it felt like there was absolutely no point. All anyone would have me do is go clear some random camp/factory.

    And nothing that I cleared out would stay clear!!!! Why travel the map clearing anything if you're just going to be sent to the same spot and do the same thing?!

    Combat was fine, graphics were not incredible, but great graphics don't make a great game. Engaging content makes a game great, and that is what Fallout 4 does not have.    … Expand
  81. ebat6dobro
    Jan 17, 2016
    5
    first person shooter + sims =)
    where is FALLOUT?! нужно купить иконы, какие-нибудь, и молиться ... вдруг Obsidian еще какой New-... выдаст. но надежда умирает ..
  82. theantichristy
    Mar 5, 2016
    5
    Fallout 4 looks like it was made four years ago, a lot of the textures and character skins are just bad for current generation standards. The sky's pretty, and the opening sequence at home is good-looking, but the innovated lighting effects are trite and overridden by bad world graphics. The protagonist dialogue wheel is boring and takes away from total immersion, (it's hard to feel like aFallout 4 looks like it was made four years ago, a lot of the textures and character skins are just bad for current generation standards. The sky's pretty, and the opening sequence at home is good-looking, but the innovated lighting effects are trite and overridden by bad world graphics. The protagonist dialogue wheel is boring and takes away from total immersion, (it's hard to feel like a bad guy when you're actually voiced by a guy who always sounds genuinely good-natured) I guess that's what Bethesda was going for, something a dude can play after he has people over to watch the Superbowl. It's an open world but I feel like I'm on rails because completing certain quests really forces the storyline and world to change. Fighting a deathclaw in power armor 15 minutes in is lame. Feels like Bethesda development wanted people to rush through this game that they put years into. A lot of the quests are ham-fisted and lazy, like Bethesda was going for World of Warcraft grinding design through through simple, repetitive quests. The story is solid, but after 20+ hours I just don't care anymore.… Expand
  83. Marlonicus
    Mar 8, 2016
    5
    Firstly I should say I have played Fallout 1 and 2 albeit recently and wasn't particularly fussed. Fallout 3 is what drew me into the franchise and I must be one of the few people who rates New Vegas as it's poorer cousin. There, now I've alienated almost everyone I'll proceed with the review.

    Pros: The map is big and full of items locations etc as with Fallout 3. Power armour is    Firstly I should say I have played Fallout 1 and 2 albeit recently and wasn't particularly fussed. Fallout 3 is what drew me into the franchise and I must be one of the few people who rates New Vegas as it's poorer cousin. There, now I've alienated almost everyone I'll proceed with the review.

    Pros: The map is big and full of items locations etc as with Fallout 3. Power armour is really cool. Skills and levelling are the best in any Bethesda game in my view. All creatures are made from scratch with some cool animations. Weapon mods are fun and varied. Settlements can be fun with some caveats.

    Cons: If you power armour helmet gets smashed you can't see in the dark except by your pip boy light meaning getting out or your power armour and leaving your suit wherever you are (sometimes the middle of nowhere) just to **** see. Stupid companions both bore you moralising for PICKING STUFF UP (yes more than half of the fun of the game is pissed upon by the **** people who are supposed to be helping). Paladin Danse in particular needs to stop blocking my way before I blow his stupid fat power armour head apart.

    Not a lot of missions. Really. Radiant missions are the missions so plough through the main quest because getting the game out at xmas meant a huge plot sacrifice. I expect they thought DLC could fix this. No give us some **** missions at the outset please.

    Settlements build cap is way way too low even in Sanctuary. Less settlements with a higher build cap for each would have been so much better. (This is fixed with mods in PC).

    Without spoiling too much I don't give a flying **** about Shaun. This plots feels more forced on you than Fallout 3 for reasons I can't explain. Perhaps because I can't identify with a whiny child.

    Speech is one of the biggest drawbacks. Your choices are limited your ability to be funny, evil, stupid, intelligent etc. has taken a big knock. This is a shame. What you get from voice acting would be better spend on fixing this aspect (which by the way wasn't broken in F3 so why they fixed it is anyone's guess).

    Graphics are ok but not really amazing. Glitches which I always expected to be there are pretty common and sometimes hilarious. I'm not that bothered but there is nothing here to blow you away.

    Conclusion: This has the beginning of a good game in some ways. DLC may fix some of the main gripes however if you were expecting the bomb this is more or an extended F3 which some improvements and some retrograde steps. The plot is never gonna get better so hopefully DLC will provide something there. I really hope so. With the Witcher 3 out and a competitive market the the basic game only gave me a few months play before I tired of it. Players new to the franchise might be more entertained by it. I bought the season pass for DLC because I'm a dreamer who doesn't want to give up on Bethesda. My worry is I will get bored before I really get stuck into it. Anyway there certainly something to be said for this title but it isn't quite good enough especially as the product of 7 years in the making. It really doesn't feel next gen but they had a go and the results are mixed.    … Expand
  84. maahikhan15
    Apr 11, 2018
    5
    Step down from Fallout 3 and new vegas that's all that I'm going to say.
    No imagination
    No plot Too many essential characters Weak ending No character development ( wanted to get to know some of the characters more ) Level up system is same as the old system just made for the younger kids awful Mele weapons useless on harder difficulties Companions AI sometimesbuggy rushed    Step down from Fallout 3 and new vegas that's all that I'm going to say.
    No imagination
    No plot
    Too many essential characters
    Weak ending
    No character development ( wanted to get to know some of the characters more )
    Level up system is same as the old system just made for the younger kids awful
    Mele weapons useless on harder difficulties
    Companions AI sometimesbuggy
    rushed introduction
    Garbage radio music and talker
    More customisation for weapons and armour but its so repetitive seeing pipe pistols jheez I'd rather have 300 different type of weapons
    Story was soo bland and didn't drive you as much as Fallout 3
    The dialogue system is in absolute shambles only 4 options are you serious and most of the time its just a yes or no with a sarcastic along with something else
    I'm sorry that the elder scrolls is your baby and wot not but still care for a game that's along side your best work
    Enemies are just bullet sponges on hard difficulty
    I've played over 72 hours for my first character and I've been left speechless of how garbage it was
    Wheres the importance of the power armour
    It had a disgusting HUD
    Limited enemies (retexture doesn't count )
    Enemies with same weapons
    not that many animations that stood out
    Liberty prime are you serious
    some game textures missing (granade explosion)
    graphics was worser than witcher 3 even though that got toned down
    you call this an RPG
    Damn I should've bought witcher 3
    is the map bigger than skyrim (i highly doubt)
    how was his even a contender to the game of the year i dont know
    Mele weapons was a card board copy of skyrim    … Expand
  85. Internet_Enzyme
    May 9, 2016
    5
    This game is not a game. It's a loading screen simulator. It's a "product" that Bethesda cranked out to boost their quarterly earnings so they could please investors. There is no soul behind this game. No love was put it into it. It feels sterile and meaningless. Devoid of all joy. The developers of this game felt like they were consulting a checklist of commonly used gameplay mechanicsThis game is not a game. It's a loading screen simulator. It's a "product" that Bethesda cranked out to boost their quarterly earnings so they could please investors. There is no soul behind this game. No love was put it into it. It feels sterile and meaningless. Devoid of all joy. The developers of this game felt like they were consulting a checklist of commonly used gameplay mechanics from other open world games. The quests are all the same. Go somewhere. Kill all the people. Collect reward. That wouldn't be terrible if the gameplay was great. But it isn't. It's sub par, c-tier, mundane gameplay that feels like its code was copy-pasted straight out of a tutorial on how to make an FPS' in Unity.
    But what about the story? It sucks. The NPC's don't feel real. You can see through their movements and actions. They all appear as lifeless zombies that spout dialogue when you talk to them. They aren't natural. The story is just some generic plot which echoes similar comparisons as the gameplay; it feels like it was made by some amateur screenwriter who just took his first Screenwriting 101 class.
    I could go on about the endless loading screens (I'm serious, I think I spent equal time in loading screens as I did in game), the boring weaponry, or the lazy graphics (seriously look at this game compared to The Witcher 3. Not only is it graphically worse, it's worse in just about every other conceivable way). But for the sake of brevity lets wrap this **** up. You may wonder, after all of that why I gave this game a 5 out of 10. I gave it a 5 because it's just average. Look at my word choice throughout this review. "Mundane", "Stale", "Sub par". It's an average game that you just play because it's a game. You play it when there aren't any new games out and you need something to play.    … Expand
  86. DeltaOps93
    Jun 14, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:

    -Combat is greatly improved
    -Nick Valentine (This dude is one of my favorite companions in all of the Fallout games)
    -The companion affinity system is actually pretty cool
    -SOME quests were actually pretty good
    -A lot more enemies to fight
    -Settlement building can be fun at times
    -Female voice actor for the player character is pretty good

    Cons:
    -Lack of meaningful side quests
    -The male voice actor just seems bored when talking which in turn makes me feel bored
    -All of the factions are terrible and they make you want to claw your eyes out when having to "choose" one of them.
    -The ending was very underwhelming leaving the player with a 'now what?' feeling
    -Too much emphasis placed on settlement building with very little return on it
    -Dialogue wheel was an all around bad idea
    -Voiced protagonist breaks immersion more than you would think
    -New perk system was a huge step back
    -Can't be an evil character, the worst you can be a sarcastic good guy/girl
    -Not much replay value because of the lack of any real choice

    Overall, it wasn't exactly a bad game, just not a great game. I feel like Fallout 4 had so much potential that was promptly wasted by Bethesda trying to re-invent the wheel.    … Expand
  87. zGoldenOG
    Oct 15, 2016
    5
    Um game que parecia que superaria os jogos anteriores, porém o jogo inteiro se resume basicamente em refúgios e assentamentos. Não foi um fiasco total, porém poderia ter sido muito melhor. As DLCs não adicionam grandes quantidades de novos elementos e metade das dlcs são voltadas á assentamentos.
  88. Resuaicata
    Dec 15, 2016
    5
    Glad I rented the game, you can tell how "Non Bias" critic reviews are of games now by comparing their scores to user scores.

    Firstly the game is next to impossible to get into, the "Character building" is clunky and unintuitive. There is literally no ingame tutorial other than stupid little movie clips that do an awful job of explaining anything. You will mostly be scratching your    Glad I rented the game, you can tell how "Non Bias" critic reviews are of games now by comparing their scores to user scores.

    Firstly the game is next to impossible to get into, the "Character building" is clunky and unintuitive. There is literally no ingame tutorial other than stupid little movie clips that do an awful job of explaining anything. You will mostly be scratching your head at what anything does. Note to game developers, if I have to look up online and have a 3rd/4th party explain to me how an important mechanic in your game works like Radiation or "Rad levels", YOU FAILED.

    I have no idea what I'm suppose to be doing in game, in a made up alternative world, other than feeling bad about my wife/husband being killed by someone for unknown reasons (At the start), and I'm suppose to be tracking down the killer/kidnapper.

    The game could have been good, I can see where it could have been good, but it just falls flat with a resounding "FLOP".

    Save your money rent this game before you buy it and see if you will actually enjoy it or not. My experience may differ from yours but when I pick up a game with "Bethesda" as the maker, I EXPECT better.    … Expand
  89. DrDjango
    Sep 14, 2019
    5
    I was so hyped for the game, but in the end it disappointed and frustrated me. bad animations, a lot of bugs, feels like an PS3 game.
  90. LordMOrion
    Mar 21, 2017
    5
    I want to like this game, the effort, care and dedication that have gone into this game are evident. No-one has failed to spend the time or cash on making this game as good as it could be. There are so many new features that I wonder if Bethesda were simply trying too hard. Settlements are a fantastic idea in principal but in practice this isn't the UI to deliver it. The plot and sideI want to like this game, the effort, care and dedication that have gone into this game are evident. No-one has failed to spend the time or cash on making this game as good as it could be. There are so many new features that I wonder if Bethesda were simply trying too hard. Settlements are a fantastic idea in principal but in practice this isn't the UI to deliver it. The plot and side narratives are well conceptualized but not really well written. The gameplay is good but not cutting edge. I really want to praise the game for being functionalist and well-developed but it hasn't really broken any new ground.

    I'm so sorry that this game isn't better and it is so close to being a great game but it really isn't.    … Expand
  91. Weslapootayn
    Jul 22, 2017
    5
    After playing through Fallout 4 I turned right around the next day and played New Vegas for the first time, and MY GOD does Fallout 4 SUCK in comparison! I was blown away by how much more options you have to complete quests and play in a particular way in New Vegas compared to Fallout 4. Why did this series regress so much?? Fallout 4 is a huge step backward from New Vegas, and I thinkAfter playing through Fallout 4 I turned right around the next day and played New Vegas for the first time, and MY GOD does Fallout 4 SUCK in comparison! I was blown away by how much more options you have to complete quests and play in a particular way in New Vegas compared to Fallout 4. Why did this series regress so much?? Fallout 4 is a huge step backward from New Vegas, and I think Obsidian should be the only company making Fallout games from now on. There was so much more charm, thought, and passion put into New Vegas than Fallout 4 and that's depressing. I appreciated simple things in NV like enemies running away when they're about to die instead of always fighting to the death. You'll find nothing that could be described as "thoughtful" in Fallout 4.. It's pathetic how little Bethesda clearly cared about making this game good, and how much better New Vegas is than Fallout 4.… Expand
  92. Rgc
    Jul 4, 2017
    5
    This game I played it a year ago but I did not finish it since I was not convinced but a month ago I decided to finish it. The game is good but comparing what is the fallout saga is a big disappointment. The gameplay is directed to a public that is not very experienced in this type of games and that bothers me because for my bethesda prefirio sell much and make more known the saga falloutThis game I played it a year ago but I did not finish it since I was not convinced but a month ago I decided to finish it. The game is good but comparing what is the fallout saga is a big disappointment. The gameplay is directed to a public that is not very experienced in this type of games and that bothers me because for my bethesda prefirio sell much and make more known the saga fallout and not make a true sequel or game that has the name of fallout . The graphics are not everything in a videogame but I think they could improve them as they can work perfectly on a Ps3 and Xbox 360.
    Well I will not delve into the soundtrack and the different aspects since I suppose that many others who have already done their review would include these aspects    … Expand
  93. arcsuper
    Jul 1, 2018
    5
    This is not the game i was told it would be.
    When i bought the game i was told that it offers at least 100 hours of gameplay,
    while instead, i had enough of it in about 20.

    The world feels dead, and the combat and "stealth" experience is what ruins the game for me.
    It just isnt fun in my opinion.
  94. dylanalz
    Nov 17, 2017
    5
    Okay gameplay, underwhelming graphics.

    I found myself enjoying the game at times when I overlooked the graphics. By saying this, the game had a lot of stale moments. Moments I was enjoying the game and didn't wanted to stop, but this feeling was never frequent. Too much moments that I found myself bored with the game and it had to take me days sometimes weeks to pick it up again and    Okay gameplay, underwhelming graphics.

    I found myself enjoying the game at times when I overlooked the graphics. By saying this, the game had a lot of stale moments. Moments I was enjoying the game and didn't wanted to stop, but this feeling was never frequent. Too much moments that I found myself bored with the game and it had to take me days sometimes weeks to pick it up again and there is just no excuse for graphics like this from a company as big as Bethesda. Words that come to mind to describe this game are disappointing and underwhelming.

    Pick it up when its on sale and maybe try it, but when you don't I don't feel like you miss anything, sadly.    … Expand
  95. Hourless
    Jan 31, 2018
    5
    Got this game on sale and i'm glad I did. I can't believe this is rated 87 overall.

    -A poor PS4 port -Big frame rate issues, especially when you enter combat with a large number of enemies -Outdated Graphics, the graphics on Fallout 3 and New Vegas aren't that different from this -Outdated Mechanics, it doesn't even feel like you weapon does any damage, the jumping is obsurd, the VAT    Got this game on sale and i'm glad I did. I can't believe this is rated 87 overall.

    -A poor PS4 port
    -Big frame rate issues, especially when you enter combat with a large number of enemies
    -Outdated Graphics, the graphics on Fallout 3 and New Vegas aren't that different from this
    -Outdated Mechanics, it doesn't even feel like you weapon does any damage, the jumping is obsurd, the VAT is consistently buggy, enemies can start attacking you even before you leave the loading screen and the mechanics are really not that different from Skyrim and any other of the old Fallout games
    -It's boring, an open world that feels lifeless, most of the quests seemed to follow the same pattern of kill enemies, find an item, go back to quest giver REPEAT.
    -No RPG elements

    Just a mess of a game I have no idea how these "experts" rated this game so high.    … Expand
  96. egoBorder
    Oct 5, 2019
    5
    It hurts to admit it, but somehow Bethesda screwed up Fallout. It's hard to believe after they had Fallout New Vegas to learn from, but instead they have gone full-steam ahead with their dumbing-down of their own RPGs. As it stands, Fallout 4 may provide some entertainment, maybe even hundreds of hours, but it will never be anyone's memorable journey through an apocalyptic wasteland.It hurts to admit it, but somehow Bethesda screwed up Fallout. It's hard to believe after they had Fallout New Vegas to learn from, but instead they have gone full-steam ahead with their dumbing-down of their own RPGs. As it stands, Fallout 4 may provide some entertainment, maybe even hundreds of hours, but it will never be anyone's memorable journey through an apocalyptic wasteland. Instead it feels like a series of interconnected virtual tours with a one-size-fits-all mentality. Good for a low sale but there's surprisingly little love put into this game… Expand
  97. skthegreat
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    I am so confused looking at the 10/10s for this game. They don't list positives (other than a huge open world), and say the negative reviews are unwarranted. Lol what? Dear reader, I assure you, this game at its very best is mediocre. And at times it is genuinely frustrating. I'm not one to compare different games across different genres, but Fallout 4 should be ashamed to even come outI am so confused looking at the 10/10s for this game. They don't list positives (other than a huge open world), and say the negative reviews are unwarranted. Lol what? Dear reader, I assure you, this game at its very best is mediocre. And at times it is genuinely frustrating. I'm not one to compare different games across different genres, but Fallout 4 should be ashamed to even come out the same year as The Witcher 3. You might wonder why I bring up the The Witcher, but I'll get to that later on this review.
    First of all, this game is not an RPG. It is an open world shooter. The dialogue wheel is a joke, deliberately ambiguous as to preserve an illusion of choice. Please do look up youtube videos where mods show actual dialogue. All quests boil down to the same repetitive, mundane cycle. Go somewhere, kill someone, come back with something. Typically, RPGS make these quests meaningful and worth doing by developing likable characters and by having an engaging and interesting plot-line. Fallout 4 does not do that. Not for its side-quests, not for its miscellaneous quests, and worst of all, not for its main quest. Every quest seems uninteresting. I helped the minutemen take back a fort, which involved a massive battle against nature, and it ended with a "huh, thanks. Be sure to help anyone in need. See ya around.". That's disgusting. Not trying to be hyperbolic, but that quest did not bring me a single ounce of joy. It was a chore. I did not feel happy at any point during that entire quest. It was worthless.
    The reason this game sold well is because it is Fallout. Not the name, but the world. I see why. I loved Diamond City be an actual city. Shopkeepers hanging out in the bar after hours made the world seem alive. The noodle serving robot which only says one word in Japanese, but can communicate with your robot companions. A baseball enthusiast who has severely misunderstood what baseball is, and other interesting characters such as Hancock and an assaultron merchant who has a computer with a contingency plan for every citizen on her terminal. But it's almost as if Bethesda came up with random, quirky characters on the side. No one fits into your story particularly well. The world and characters are there, but they don't connect.
    I will give you an encounter in the game which perfectly summarizes what you will experience throughout the entire game. I stumbled upon a cult of some sort called the "Pillars of the Community". Intrigued, I asked the well-dressed leader to tell me more about it. He went into his office and told me to come on in. I tried talking to the other cultists, but they wouldn't participate in any dialogue, just generic one liners. I went into his office, and it turns out the cult's only purpose was to make me give up my possessions. The cult-leader does not seduce or charm you into joining his cult. He literally tells you to hand over everything you own or to die. You can either start a shootout, give him everything, or threaten him. I threatened him and he told me I wasn't worth the trouble. That was it. That's the encounter, it ended right there. I was free to leave. What a waste of potential. It could have been so much fun convincing other cultists to rise up against their leader. Or maybe If the leader actually offered you something worth-while, and attempted to charm or trick you into joining the cult, that would have been fantastic. But that doesn't happen. There is no interactivity with this world. It's either A) Shoot B) Surrender C) Convince not to shoot. And in every other quest, you will not have the choice to surrender. So your only options are to shoot, or to leave.
    The game features multiple companions. I will be frank. That is the only matter in which I felt I had a choice or control in. It was one of the only things in this pseudo-rpg where I could see the impact of my choices. Additionally, the game's flow is inorganic. Instead of side-quests developing on their own as the narrative progresses, such as in Fallout 2, instead, there is a button you can press which literally asks them if they have any work for you. And every single one of those quests has been a fetch-quest. Unbelievable. The world is filled with these. Again, giving the illusion that there is much to do, but actually it's the same quest with just different things to bring back. Mundane.
    Unlike a worthwhile RPG like the Witcher, where you have choices, the choices matter and are impactful, the quests are interesting and engaging, and the characters make you care for the main quest. Fallout 4 fails to have any of these qualities. The main story is incredibly boring, even with a few good sets here and there.
    I'm nearing the word limit, so let me end with this:
    Buy this if you want a basic shooter with cosmetic RPG elements. Otherwise don't buy it. I have never struggled to finish a game before. Only saving grace is the world and some locations+companions. Mediocre. I would not recommend buying this.    … Expand
  98. bartoszbol
    Dec 1, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Antyczny silnik graficzny to po prosru kpina z klienta. W porównaniu z topowymi produkcjami Fallout 4 wygląda jak produkt z muzeum rozrywki elektronicznej. Niestety pod względem narracji nie jest dużo lepiej. Scenariusz jest fatalny, naiwny, źle skonstruowany i anty-immersyjny. Matka szukająca niemowlęcia wdaje się po drodze w dziesiątki misji pobocznych i niz z tego, ni z owego staje się superkomandosem i superzabójcą? Kto to napisał? I dla kogo? Fallout 4 nie ma żadnych ambicji intelektualnych. Usiłuje być wszystkim, przez co staje się niczym. Miesza konwencje i opowieści, skacząc od pastiszu XIX-wiecznego horroru, przez poważne science fiction o sztucznej inteligencji, po pastisz czarnego kryminału z lat 40. Brakuje tu spójności i konsekwencji, emocjonalnego zaangażowania, naturalności, a przede wszystkim ambicji.… Expand
  99. DD-Trainer
    Feb 11, 2019
    5
    I wouldn't call this a bad game but I wouldn't call it a good Fallout game either. This game has really, really set itself apart from it's previous titles which isn't... a good thing. Gone are the zany questlines and hilarious character interactions and gone is the karma system along with factions favor and most importantly gone is the old leveling to impactful character choices...

    This    I wouldn't call this a bad game but I wouldn't call it a good Fallout game either. This game has really, really set itself apart from it's previous titles which isn't... a good thing. Gone are the zany questlines and hilarious character interactions and gone is the karma system along with factions favor and most importantly gone is the old leveling to impactful character choices...

    This game isn't bad it's mediocre it tries to be something it's not and gives you a barebones store with a lack luster world with a radio that has recycled music with only a few new tunes and worst off it gives you really lame partners and at most this game has decently going for it is the mod inspired building because everything else gets really... linear and repetitive. This game is trying to be a Mass Effect it's trying to be a Witcher and it fails overall I wouldn't say this is an extremely bad game but again it's not a good fallout game the leveling is... pretty bad the guns feel better I will give I that but aside from minor things this game feels like it took one step forward and two steps back so I'll give this a 5 out of 10.    … Expand
  100. BarelyLewd
    Mar 14, 2019
    5
    Wow Bethesda what happened? How did you game get worse after Fallout 3, I mean Fallout NV was made by Obsidian and it is the BEST Fallout for shame Bethesda, maybe you should stick to just publishing games, Story is bad, graphics are bad, gameplay is meh, the world is lackluster at best, and the bugs and glitches are just plain awful. Bethesda cmmon get your **** together, yourWow Bethesda what happened? How did you game get worse after Fallout 3, I mean Fallout NV was made by Obsidian and it is the BEST Fallout for shame Bethesda, maybe you should stick to just publishing games, Story is bad, graphics are bad, gameplay is meh, the world is lackluster at best, and the bugs and glitches are just plain awful. Bethesda cmmon get your **** together, your embarrassing yourselves… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#16 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#3 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

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87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 58 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 58
  3. Negative: 0 out of 58
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 16, 2015
    80
    A strong return for the franchise, boasting incredible customisation, a fascinating world and brutal yet brainy shooting, slightly tarnished by lacklustre AI and tedious inventory management. [Christmas 2015, p.88]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Dec 15, 2015
    90
    Feral Ghoul ugly in many ways, but beneath its iffy exterior beats the heart of one helluva great RPG. Get past the graphics deficiency, and the sheer thrill of Fallout 4’s combat, crafting options, and exploring will hold your attention for months. [January 2015, p64]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Dec 11, 2015
    70
    Fallout 4 leans to the Shooting side of things. It strips down the gameplay from the actual RPG elements and offers a meta-nuclaer shooting gallery which of course keep its charm and gameplay wealth but also feels a little too friendly for the new comers. The Base builder mode is unnecessary, boring and irritating. Unfortunately, overall, there are no steps forward for this Nuclear Holocaust Behemoth of the video games industry. Only steps sideways.
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